BHS tracksters first, second at BIT

There was a one-two finish to open the track season for Baldwin High at the 37th Baldwin Invitational Tournament Thursday. The BHS girls finished first, while the boys were second.

"We were pretty excited about winning the first meet of the year and our freshmen through seniors competed well," said BHS girls coach Ted Zuzzio. "I wasn't anticipating that. I still haven't figured it out yet.

"We know we're just at a starting spot," said Zuzzio. "With Paola here, I thought we'd have to settle for second or third."

"We got off to a good start," said BHS boys coach Mike Spielman. "We got our feet wet and got to see what's out there. We had some kids dinged up and they didn't compete in everything.

"This early in the season, we don't take any chances," said Spielman. "These early meets don't mean much compared to the ones at the end of the season."

There were numerous first-place finishers for BHS, including double long-distance champs and sibling javelin gold medalists. Senior Matt Noonan and sophomore Erica Ogle won both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs. Senior Eric Brown and sophomore sister Emily Brown both won their brackets of the javelin.

Noonan turned in times of 4:28.4 in the 1,600 and 10:04.57 in the 3,200, while Ogle cranked out times of 5:56.48 and 12:47.25. Noonan dominated both events, while Ogle's 3,200 victory was easy, too. Eric Brown threw 197-5 to win by 14 feet and Emily Brown tossed it 107-2 to win by 16 feet.

Other first-place finishers were Jamie Lawrenz in the pole vault (7-6), Eric Black in the 110-meter hurdles (15.83) and Hugh Murphy in the shot put (46-10). Murphy was also second in the javelin at 183-0. Rachel Miles finished second in the 400-meter dash with a 1:06.07 clocking. Casey Millstein was second in the triple jump at 31-5.5. The boys 4x800-meter relay of Zach Towns, Hans Broers, Jonathan Strong and Glen Stansberry was second at 8:35.27.

Finishing third were: Lawrenz, 100-meter hurdles (18.42); and the 4x800 relay team of Ogle, Abby Hofmeier, Missy Westgate and Miles (10:57.33); Millstein, high jump (5-0).